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<> I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. |
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I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them." |
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"I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant, |
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'I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah. |
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The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. |
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For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh, |
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a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him? |
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Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you. |
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You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them. |
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You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. |
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The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them. |
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The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. |
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You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted. |
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face. |
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Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh. |
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In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted. |
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For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted. |
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For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
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Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people. |
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I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil, |
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with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him. |
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No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. |
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I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him. |
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But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted. |
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I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. |
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He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!' |
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I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. |
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I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. |
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I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. |
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If his children forsake my law, and don't walk in my ordinances; |
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if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments; |
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then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. |
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But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. |
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I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. |
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Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. |
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His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. |
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It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah. |
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But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed. |
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You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust. |
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You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin. |
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All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors. |
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You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice. |
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Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle. |
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You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground. |
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You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah. |
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How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire? |
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Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men! |
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What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. |
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Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? |
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Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples, |
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With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one. |
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Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. |